# Consultant in Older Peoples Services- *Welcome Bonus- £12K* > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-older-peoples-services-welcome-bonus-pound12k/f4efe90f-8c60-4875-8a1e-482b062f5520 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-older-peoples-services-welcome-bonus-pound12k/f4efe90f-8c60-4875-8a1e-482b062f5520.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Colchester - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Geriatric Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-07-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T14:42:46.896Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Colchester/East_Suffolk_North_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Elderly_Care_Medicine/Elderly_Care_Medicine-v8056566 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8056566?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Older Peoples Services at Colchester Hospital and Clacton Hospital.  The appointees will join 4 other consultants in elderly medicine who provide a comprehensive service for residents of Northeast Essex as part of ESNEFT. It is expected that the new appointee will participate in the development of the Frailty service for elderly patients in Northeast Essex. Other subspecialty interests are also welcome. The key elements of the role include inpatient care, frailty work, on call acute care as well as teaching and training junior medical staff. Our Enhanced Welcome package includes  £12,000 bonus and relocation costs to thank you for choosing to work at our Trust and to help with your new journey with ESNEFT. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will: - Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care; - Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines; - Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the Emergency Department (ED); - Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care; - Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team; - Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility; - Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained; - Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated; - Ensure that junior doctors training confirms to College requirements; and - Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust’s agree policy ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Take part in the acute medical intake working. Provide on-going medical supervision for those patients admitted under his/her care following the acute take.  There are four Older Peoples Services wards (excluding the stroke ward, orthogeriatrics and EAU);  A ward-based system for junior doctors and patients currently operates so patients admitted under one consultant are often transferred to the care of another once they move off EAU and onto another ward. The appointee will be supported by an SPR (shared with one other consultant) and a foundation doctor/ CMT/ GP trainee doctor. He/ She will be responsible for managing  in- patients on their allocated ward. - Work closely with the other consultants in Older Peoples Services to share in the care of patients in all aspects of care including acute care, rehabilitation; - Liaise with consultants within the department on the development and implementation of protocols and guidelines for the management of elderly patients and the development of clinical audit; - Provide a consultant advisory service to colleagues in other specialties in the trust as well as those in the mental health trust; - Participate in the Postgraduate and Undergraduate teaching programmes, and teaching of other health professionals, within the department; - Participate in the appraisal and assessment of junior medical colleagues, as delegated by the Unit Training Director; and - Participate in teaching of Registrars and Resident Doctors ## Job Details Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Older Peoples Services at Colchester Hospital and Clacton Hospital. The appointees will join 4 other consultants in elderly medicine who provide a comprehensive service for residents of Northeast Essex as part of ESNEFT. It is expected that the new appointee will participate in the development of the Frailty service for elderly patients in Northeast Essex. Other subspecialty interests are also welcome. The key elements of the role include inpatient care, frailty work, on call acute care as well as teaching and training junior medical staff. Our Enhanced Welcome package includes £12,000 bonus and relocation costs to thank you for choosing to work at our Trust and to help with your new journey with ESNEFT. ## Job Description The post-holder will: Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care; Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines; Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the Emergency Department (ED); Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care; Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team; Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility; Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained; Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated; Ensure that junior doctors training confirms to College requirements; and Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust’s agree policy ## Responsibilities Take part in the acute medical intake working. Provide on-going medical supervision for those patients admitted under his/her care following the acute take. There are four Older Peoples Services wards (excluding the stroke ward, orthogeriatrics and EAU); A ward-based system for junior doctors and patients currently operates so patients admitted under one consultant are often transferred to the care of another once they move off EAU and onto another ward. The appointee will be supported by an SPR (shared with one other consultant) and a foundation doctor/ CMT/ GP trainee doctor. He/ She will be responsible for managing in- patients on their allocated ward. Work closely with the other consultants in Older Peoples Services to share in the care of patients in all aspects of care including acute care, rehabilitation; Liaise with consultants within the department on the development and implementation of protocols and guidelines for the management of elderly patients and the development of clinical audit; Provide a consultant advisory service to colleagues in other specialties in the trust as well as those in the mental health trust; Participate in the Postgraduate and Undergraduate teaching programmes, and teaching of other health professionals, within the department; Participate in the appraisal and assessment of junior medical colleagues, as delegated by the Unit Training Director; and Participate in teaching of Registrars and Resident Doctors ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - Full registration with the General Medical Council - MRCP or equivalent - Entry onto the Specialist Register or a UK SpR within 6 months of CCT date at interview - Good practical clinical skills - An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives - Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a full range of acute medical emergencies, rehabilitation and intermediate care - At least 4 years at SpR level (or equivalent) - Ability to build, lead and work as part of multi-disciplinary team - Excellent verbal, listening and written communication skills, along with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with difficult situations - Ability to organise and prioritise work effectively and to be involved in the organisation of the department - Must be able to travel to meet requirements of post **Desirable** - Post graduate degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc - Entry onto the Specialist Register in G(I)M & Geriatric Medicine - Evidence of work submitted for peer review - Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems - Attendance at teaching course - Attendance at management course ## Documents - [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262) - [job description (pdf, 544.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10346448) - [apprenticeship handbook (pdf, 373.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2499) - [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146) - [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.